| 1 | 1 | | 81R2800 CAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Watson S.B. No. 1763 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the award of stipends to nationally certified classroom |
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| 8 | 8 | | teachers under the educator excellence awards program. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.705, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 21.705. AWARD PAYMENTS. A school district must use at |
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| 13 | 13 | | least 60 percent of grant funds awarded to the district under this |
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| 14 | 14 | | subchapter to directly award classroom teachers who effectively |
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| 15 | 15 | | improve student achievement as determined by meaningful, objective |
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| 16 | 16 | | measures. The remaining funds must be used only to: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) provide stipends to effective mentors or teacher |
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| 18 | 18 | | coaches; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) provide stipends to classroom teachers who are |
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| 20 | 20 | | certified in a subject that is designated by the commissioner as |
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| 21 | 21 | | commonly experiencing a critical shortage of teachers; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) provide stipends to classroom teachers who are |
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| 23 | 23 | | certified under Subchapter B in the main subject area in which they |
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| 24 | 24 | | teach; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (4) provide stipends to classroom teachers with proven |
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| 26 | 26 | | records of success for improving student performance who are |
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| 27 | 27 | | assigned to campuses at which the district has experienced |
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| 28 | 28 | | difficulty assigning or retaining teachers; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (5) provide stipends to classroom teachers who hold |
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| 30 | 30 | | postgraduate degrees; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (6) provide stipends to classroom teachers who have |
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| 32 | 32 | | obtained national board certification through the National Board |
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| 33 | 33 | | for Professional Teaching Standards; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (7) provide awards to principals who effectively |
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| 35 | 35 | | increase student performance as determined by objective measures; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (8) [(7)] provide awards to other campus employees who |
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| 37 | 37 | | demonstrate excellence; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | (9) [(8)] implement the components of a Teacher |
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| 39 | 39 | | Advancement Program (TAP), including: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (A) an instructionally focused accountability |
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| 41 | 41 | | system; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (B) the adjustment of teaching schedules to |
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| 43 | 43 | | permit ongoing applied professional growth. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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| 45 | 45 | | school year. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 47 | 47 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 48 | 48 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 49 | 49 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 50 | 50 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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